Laute

For the musical instrument, see lute.

Laute is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Innerste.

Laute
Location
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Location	Upper Harz
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	near Hahnenklee
• elevation	ca. 540 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth
• location	in Lautenthal into the Innerste
• coordinates	51.8698°N 10.2851°E / 51.8698; 10.2851
• elevation	300 m above sea level (NN)
Length	6 km (3.7 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Innerste→ Leine→ Aller→ Weser→ North Sea

The Laute rises in the vicinity of Hahnenklee in the Upper Harz and discharges about 6 km (3.7 mi) later into the Innerste in Lautenthal. The source is at an elevation of about 540 m at the bottom of a mountain called Kuttelbacher Berg. The Laute flows to the west parallel to road L 516 which is called Hahnenkleer Straße in Lautenthal. The name of the town means Laute Valley. The mouth is at an elevation of about 300 m in the west of Wildemanner Strasse, the high street of Lautenthal.

In 1875 a railway bridge of the Innerste Valley Railway was built over the Laute close to its mouth.^[1] Although the railway line was closed in 1977, the bridge is well preserved and still used by hikers. A flood of the Laute caused considerable damage in Lautenthal in 1877.^[2]

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  Laute in the east of Lautenthal
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  Laute in the middle of Lautenthal
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  Former railway bridge over the Laute which discharges into the Innerste (in the foreground)

See also

• List of rivers of Lower Saxony